Great place to learn and grow - Software Engineer Toast Inc Employee Review

4.0
Mar 17, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great product, great culture, great leadership. Interesting technology choices. Company is shifting to event-driven architectures which would be a good learning experience.

Cons

Becoming heavily Product-lead, with engineering often ignored in roadmap discussions. In other words "Get this feature out as fast as possible" often wins arguments vs "let's reduce our tech debt or invest in these areas for greater return later"

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Toast Inc Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am glad to hear that you are enjoying your Toast experience. Last year, we had to pivot in many ways to ensure we were best serving our customers. I am very proud of how our product and engineering teams collaborated to get these products and features over the finish line. It is disappointing to hear that you did not feel like your voice was heard, though. "One Team" is one of our core values, and it is imperative that everyone is able to share their ideas openly. I would love to better understand your feedback. Please put time on my calendar if you would like to discuss further. - Hugh Scandrett, Senior VP, Engineering

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Fantastic company culture and excellent, full support from a highly collaborative cross-functional team that genuinely wants to see enterprise deals succeed. Overall, it is well inclusive and supportive company culture.

Cons

Rapidly changing product landscape can occasionally make cross-functional alignment a bit complex.

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Toast Inc Response
1w
We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts! It's fantastic to know that you’re enjoying your time at Toast. We're proud to have Toasters like you driving our success!
2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

The benefits and health insurance are amazing and the company culture as a whole is very positive. It was a pleasure to work with almost everyone I met in my time there.

Cons

Lower management, especially for care teams, deeply lacks integrity. Retaliatory practices, lack of communication, and failure to adhere to their own policies are very common behavior depending on who your manager is. The inconsistencies across what is expected from leadership are profound and it is disappointing how much this can derail your career trajectory at Toast. It’s also very difficult to help customers at times, as Toast is notorious for launching new products at customers and providing little to no support to agents that are then expected to troubleshoot using sparse or nonexistent resources and absolutely no training. Cross-collaboration with teams that occasionally intersect is also very challenging, particularly Sales/Onboarding and Care. There were many instances where sales and onboarding specialists set customers up with false expectations of the product, which leaves care teams to deal with the aftermath.

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